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This will be my first time on. Have been reading the letters for about 2 weeks. Saw the one about having pd written up in magazines. Today I got our FDA Consumer magazine in the mail & there was an article about pd & had the parkinson net list address in it too. Here is what it said. "SOCIAL NET' For Parkinson's disease patients, both updated information & social interactions are key factors in battling the disease. Though patients seek these through traditional means such as their doctors, families & friends, many are turning to the internet. Patients can compare notes on pd issues & stay in touch with others with the disease by subscribing to an internet parkinson's mailing list. Some of these list deal with pd as one of a number of neurological disorders. Others focus on caregiving. One list that is an open forum just for parkinson's patients is called "PARKINSIN" Maintained at the University of Toronto, PARKINSN gives patients a place to pose questions or just let off some steam. A recent scan of the list revealed messages about exercises that can relieve some pd discomfort, surgery success stories reviews of books about the disease, poems, even some pd jokes. ONe list member announced that he is marrying his doctor, & he invited everyone on the list to his wedding To join PARKINSN send an e-mail message to [log in to unmask] in the body of the note, write: subscribe PARKINSN (your first name) (your last name) End of that part of the message in the magazine. There was 6 pages about pd Had pictures of Muhammad Ali, Billy Graham & George Wallace. I was thrilled to see it. Now a little about my husband & me Jim has had pd for 3 years now. It is till in the early stages. only has a little tremor in lest hand. Went to get an eye exam. Nurse put in eye drops to dilate his eyes, then he could not see anything. She called in the dr. He said he had dry eyes. ask Jim in he shook a little? He said yes he did. Dr said he may have pd & he was forgetting to blink his eyes, & this was the problem. He sent him to a neurologist, we didn't get along very well. So went ot a movement disorder neurologist out of town. He is great, doesn't believe in giving too many medicines. We have really enjoyed the conversations, has helped us a lot. Betty cg of Jim